TWHS hockey rolling

From staff reports

Published 6:00 pm, Sunday, December 14, 2003

The Highlanders, who were the top seed in the six team playoffs, won a pair of games to take the title.

The TWHS JV squad, who had earlier beaten Kingwood 8-2, was the varsity's first victim as they fell 4-1. Jonathan Chalos scored off an assist from Craig Markey and Ryan Casey for the first goal. The JV's Tyler Brown then tied the game with Andrew Stoddard assisting. The varsity's Bobby Ksiazek broke the tie with an assist from Brady Blanton before adding an unassisted goal. Jeff Lamborn capped off the game with an empty net goal.

In the championship game, the Highlanders beat Klein Collins 5-2. After falling behind, Chalos scored off a Markey assist before Ryan Casey scored with Steven Coulson assisting. Jacob Y'Barbo then assisted on Calvin Silver's goal before Ksiazek scored with Coulson and Chalos assisting on the play.

Goalie David Alexander earned the victory with Blanton, Lamborn, and Brandon Kelly adding help defensively.

Ice hockey unbeaten

The Woodlands ice hockey team remained undefeated with a pair of recent victories.

The Highlanders, the top-ranked team in the 16-team ISHL, defeated Klein Oak 5-2. After the Panthers scored first, Chris Noel evened the score with Bobby Ksiazek assisting. Julien Legrand then scored from behind the net off a pass from Calvin Silver before Noel got his second goal. Geoff Cherry and Mike Santangelo added the two other tallies with Kevin Spring and David Gilmore assisting. Trey Spiller earned the win in goal aided defensively by Garyt Walker, Ryan Noel, Matt Podell, and Mark Lively.

The Woodlands then improved to 8-0-1 on the year with a 3-1 win over Cy Creek. A Matt Marquez wrister evened the score for the Highlanders. Ksiazek and goalie Brad Powell assisted on the play. Santangelo put in the go ahead goal with Silver and Cherry assisting before Noel added a power play goal with Legrand and Santangelo assisting. Powell took the win in goal.